Rice (Oryza sativa) is India's pre-eminent crop, it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in Asia. Moreover, the country has the biggest area under rice cultivation, as it is one of the principal food crops. India is one of the leading producers of this crop, with a production, productivity of 105.48 million tons and 2391 kg per hec...

IT has been suggested that the refinement of staple carbohydrate foods may be a major aetiological factor in accounting for the appearance and the rising incidence of duodenal ulcer, both in Western countries and in developing countries, during the present century (Cleave, 1962, 1974). Cleave postulated that this may be due to loss of buffer in the staple carbohydrates as a result of the remova...

BACKGROUND Inadequate protein intake is known to be deleterious in animals. Using WHO consensus documents for human nutrient requirements, the protein:energy ratio (P:E) of an adequate diet is > 5%. Cassava has a very low protein content. This study tested the hypothesis that Nigerian and Kenyan children consuming cassava as their staple food are at greater risk for inadequate dietary protein i...

Diversification into high-value cash crops among smallholders has been propagated as a strategy to improve welfare in rural areas. However, the extent to which cash crop production spurs projected gains remains an under-researched question, especially in the context of market imperfections leading to non-separable production and consumption decisions, and price shocks to staple crops that might...

BACKGROUND We previously reported that indirect and intangible costs burden households with a food allergic adult. We now extend our investigation to households with food allergic children and adolescents. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to estimate direct, indirect, and intangible costs of food allergy in households with a child and/or adolescent with objectively diagnosed allergy ...

AIM To investigate correlations between diet and prevalence of constipation among elderly people in Beijing. METHODS A total of 2776 (≥ 60 years) were selected in Beijing region for investigation. Data regarding constipation and diet habits was collected via hierarchical status, segmentation and random cluster sampling. Investigation included constipation-related demographic indicators and di...

1. Research Framework and Objectives Ghana is about 99% self-sufficient in the production of maize (Nyanteng and Asuming-Bempong, 2003), the major staple for many low-income Ghanaians, yet the aggregate staple maize availability projections in Ghana does not take into account insecurity problems in the post-harvest season caused by poor storage, distribution difficulties, high prices and low in...

One sustainable agricultural approach to reducing micronutrient malnutrition among people at highest risk (i.e., resource-poor women, infants and children) globally is to enrich major staple food crops (e.g., rice, wheat, maize, beans and cassava) with micronutrients through plant-breeding strategies. These target groups are dependent on these staples for their sustenance. Available research ha...